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C.J. Spiller made it perfectly clear Monday that he's not out of shape, and he doesn't need as much rest as coach Chan Gailey seems to think he does.

"I'm not going to get into a battle with my head coach whether I'm winded," Spiller said Monday. "I'm in shape; if I wasn't in shape then I shouldn't be on the field. I'm in shape and I'm going to leave it at that. I'll sit down with coach and get a better understanding."

Much of the locker room talk following Buffalo's 15-12 loss to St. Louis centered on the puzzling misuse of Spiller, as he touched the ball only eight times out of 58 offensive snaps. ...